My name’s Alison Czeczuga, I’m the Global Sourcing and Sustainability Specialist at Gaia Herbs. Gaia Herbs is a vertically integrated herbal supplement manufacturer. We don’t just have a responsibility to shareholders, but we have a responsibility to people and communities and ecological communities as well. I’ve always had an affinity for nature, and I’ve always […]
Plants before pandas: the young bog-lover tackling extinction
Plants are the fundamental basis of all life on Earth. Meet Josh Styles. And here they are. A 24-year-old botanist and self-confessed plant obsessive from Cheshire. Nutrient-poor, wet and acid. He took me to the great outdoors. Mmm, slurry. To see how he is fighting back against extinction in his back yard. I feel like […]
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Giant Salvinia Invading Caddo Lake – Texas Parks and Wildlife [Official]
[rain] Well, let’s pull in another hole or two. IT’S A RAINY DAY ON CADDO LAKE. We’ll follow you. Here we go. [airboat starts] AND BIOLOGISTS ARE ON THE HUNT. We’re going back towards the state line right now and I’m pretty sure we’re going to find it down there. WHAT THEY’RE AFTER IS A […]
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Big City Biologists – Texas Parks and Wildlife [Official]
[traffic noise] This state and the world in general is becoming more and more urban. Typically when I tell people I’m an urban wildlife biologist they say things like, ‘do you study rats and cockroaches?’ There’s a misconception that cities are not the place for wildlife and it’s just not true. [music] I think it’s […]
70 years of montane forest change in Grand Canyon National Park: Resurveying 1935 plots
(John Vankat) My name is John Vankat and at the time of the study I was a Special Projects Ecologist for Grand Canyon National Park. And we were working on a project to review all the uh… research that had been done on forest ecology in the park. And in doing that one of the […]
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What’s happening on Amazon Rainforest? [Portuguese and Spanish subtitles]
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Shrublands – Biomes Episode 3
Often overlooked, these relatively arid regions of earth take second or third place to forests or grasslands when it comes to beauty contests. Too dry for trees to flourish, we’re left with a mix of shrubs and grasses, spanning the subtropics to the temperate latitudes. Having a surprising biodiversity considering their parched appearance, these areas […]
Tropical Evergreen and Seasonal Forests – Biomes Episode 1
It is fitting that we begin our journey across the biomes of Earth with the one that we perhaps hold the most dear in our hearts. The greatest biodiversity of any area of earth with over half of all plant and animal species. The lungs of the world – absorbing more CO2 and producing more […]
Investigating the Trees of Amazonia
– Tree #83. I don’t know… – Other… – This one? – The other. – Cut. [laughs] – So try to smell. – Oh, it smells spicy! – Yeah. – Yeah. – Yeah, so the nutmeg family, mace. – It smells really good. – Yeah, no, this is a good one. And it’s also in […]
Cool Wildlife in Thailand (Koh Chang)
Back in October, Mr. German Man and I visited Koh Chang, a Thai island in the Gulf of Thailand. This island with just two main roads is home to several ecosystems, including mangrove forests, a rain forest in the middle, and of course the shore. There’s said to be 61 different kinds of birds on […]